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David Moyes marks his 11th year at Everton next week. In English football terms, only Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger come close to matching the Scot's tenure at Goodison Park.

Yet after what many would consider to be 11 successful years with the Toffees, the 49-year-old looks set for an acrimonious divorce from the club with which he has grown synonymous over the last decade.

STICKY TOFFEESEverton's FA Cup miseries

2006-07Third Round

1-4 Blackburn (H)

2007-08Third Round

0-1 Oldham (H)

2008-09Final

1-2 Chelsea (N)

2009-10Fourth Round

1-2 Birmingham (H)

2010-11Fifth Round

0-1 Reading (H)

2011-12Semi-final

1-2 Liverpool (N)

2012-13Sixth Round

0-3 Wigan (H)

In three minutes and 23 seconds, Wigan ended the Everton manager's decade-long ambition to bring silverware to Goodison Park, and whether that is for another season or forever remains to be seen.

His current deal expires at the end of this season, and if Moyes was unsure about his future beforehand, Wigan's quickfire triple salvo may have helped him realise that he has taken the club as far as he possibly can.

The boos that rang around Goodison throughout the match on Saturday go to show that things are becoming stale. The fans vented their frustration at Phil Neville, who has dropped a level this season, as well as the often impressive Marouane Fellaini and Kevin Mirallas.

More and more it looks like time for the Scot to move on, for his own sake more than anything. Otherwise he may find himself watching history repeat itself as his Everton side continue to defy expectations before inevitably falling at the final hurdle.

The 49-year-old had been tipped as a potential successor to Sir Alex at Manchester United for some time now, but that move is nothing more than a pipe dream for the Scot at present.

His lack of European pedigree will surely preclude him from taking the hot-seat at Old Trafford, an opportunity that does not look it will become available for some time, at any rate.

His reputation as an economics-defying manager just will not get the juices flowing at Europe's elite clubs. For all the talk of United or even Chelsea over the years, it's hard to imagine Moyes being entrusted with such a task without testing the waters away from Goodison Park.

So where next for Moyes then? He has made it clear that he wants to add trophies to his managerial CV, and also outlined is his intention to manage abroad, in particular his ambition to join the fast-rising Bundesliga.

A move to Gelsenkirchen would make perfect footballing sense for Moyes. Schalke can offer him everything Everton can't. The German outfit's status as one of Bundesliga's traditional superpowers means revenue streams are constant. They are just looking for the right man to stabilise them.

The Veltins Arena is a shiny, modern arena, poles apart from the more historic Goodison Park. But most importantly, die Konigsblauen are invariably involved in the Champions League, something the Scot desperately needs to take him to the next echelon of management.

The very prospect of going up against Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich and Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund for the top spots in the Bundesliga is far cry from battling for an upper-mid table finish with the Toffees.

David Moyes' journey from Preston North End to Everton began with a 3-0 FA Cup loss to Middlesbrough in 2002, a result which saw the end of then manager Walter Smith.

After an equally dispiriting loss to Wigan on Saturday the same fate could befit the Scot, even if his departure is made on his own terms.

There is no sign of investment in the pipeline despite the best efforts of chairman Bill Kenwright. A much needed new stadium isn't any closer to becoming a reality.

After the trauma of Saturday, now feels like a natural time for Moyes to end his 10-year association with Everton. The Scot is a manager who is threatening to go places, but it is becoming increasingly unlikely he can do it in his current surroundings.

One fears for the future of a Moyes-less Everton but it is time both parties went their own way.